The Romo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,283 people carried this name — #1,343 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,200 people counted. That is up 31% from 20,066 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,042 people named Romo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 89 people named Romo.
Most of them — 58 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
35 people named Romo live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
843 people named Romo are counted in Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Romo in American newspapers,
1912–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 81,845 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Romo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Judas José Romo y Gamboa 1779–1855 · Catholic priest -
Nelson Enrique Romo Romero d. 2003 · fisher
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Manuel Luis Romo Escobar d. 1974 · street vendor
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Lorenzo Romo d. 1768
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Alfredo Romo 1893–1950
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Ángel Romo 1896–1971 · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Romo.
- Romey 540 · U.S. census
- Rominger 1,542 · U.S. census
- Romiti 142 · U.S. census
- Romme 118 · U.S. census
- Rommel 1,604 · U.S. census
- Romney 1,755 · U.S. census
- Romon 107 · U.S. census
- Romulus 641 · U.S. census
- Ronchetti 341 · U.S. census
- Ronchi 199 · U.S. census
- Ronco 768 · U.S. census
- Rond 137 · U.S. census
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